Publications
Experimental and numerical evaluation of textile reinforced cement (TRC) sandwich walls in compression: A geometrical study Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Research on the loadbearing behaviour of textile reinforced cement sandwich panels is limited and neglects situations where the core or adherence is (partially) lost. This paper presents an exhaustive numerical and experimental study comprising centrical and eccentrical compression tests on real-scale TRC sandwich walls with and without core. In the latter case, the influence of pin-connectors and of the geometry of the loaded face were ...
Durability of sandwich beams with textile reinforced cementitious composite faces Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Experimental study and benchmarking of 3D textile reinforced cement composites Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Fatigue Behaviour of Textile Reinforced Cementitious Composites and Their Application in Sandwich Elements Vrije Universiteit Brussel
these loading conditions on the long term. The fatigue ...
Validation of a Numerical Bending Model for Sandwich Beams with Textile-Reinforced Cement Faces by Means of Digital Image Correlation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Sandwich panels with textile-reinforced cement (TRC) faces merge both structural and insulating performance into one lightweight construction element. To design with sandwich panels, predictive numerical models need to be thoroughly validated, in order to use them with high confidence and reliability. Numerical bending models established in literature have been validated by means of local displacement measurements, but are missing a full ...
Experimental investigation of the buckling behaviour of textile reinforced cement sandwich panels with varying face thickness using Digital Image Correlation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A layered-wise, composite modelling approach for fibre textile reinforced cementitious composites Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Textile Reinforced Cements (TRCs) offer an adequate alternative to more conventional building systems in construction due to their tunable and lightweight geometries. TRCs are currently either modelled by means of a discrete approach, where the textiles and the matrix are modelled separately, or by means of a smeared approach that averages the material's mechanical response over the cross-section. The research presented in this paper proposes ...
Influence of environmental loading on the tensile and cracking behaviour of textile reinforced cementitious composites Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Design and experimental investigation of textile reinforced cement sandwich panel ends Vrije Universiteit Brussel
due to their energy savings and structural efficiency combination. Using them as loadbearing walls
however calls for an improved design of the sandwich panel ends so that proper load introduction and
transfer from one face to the other can be assured. Proper investigation of these ends is missing in the
literature and so ...